Favourite Songs

Submitted by Wezzo on Fri, 11/24/2006 - 05:54
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  1. [c] = cover version.

  2. THE TOP 100

  3. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (1975)
  4. "In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream"
  5. Powerful, haunting, intense and explosive. Springsteen sings like the world depends on it - the closing minute of vocalizing says more than mere words ever could. Perfect.
  6. Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind (1992)
  7. "Somewhere in my mind, I know there's no tomorrow"
  8. The best song of the '90s sounds like it was written in the '60s. Bob Mould sends us careering round an emotional rollercoaster driven by jangling guitars and multiple catchy refrains that doesn't let up for the entirety of its 3:18 runtime.
  9. Coconut Records - West Coast (2007)
  10. "We both go together if one falls down. Yeah right, heh"
  11. Everything just works. The lyrics are stunning in their simplicity; Schwartzman delivers them with heart-rending conviction. The heart-rending, soaring piano is the perfect complement.
  12. Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army (1979)
  13. "I would rather be anywhere else than here today"
  14. The Abba-esque cheerful melody betrays the spectacularly downbeat, down-hearted, bitterly sarcastic lyric.
  15. R.E.M. - At My Most Beautiful (1998)
  16. "At my most beautiful, I count your eyelashes secretly"
  17. R.E.M. at their most beautiful.
  18. Steven Page - Over Joy (2010)
  19. "My depression has got me choosing doom and gloom over joy"
  20. Pitch-perfect, radio-friendly, sugary pop perfection. Coupled with a heartbreaking lyric that will just about ruin your day.
  21. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - The Waiting (1981)
  22. "You take it on faith, you take it to the heart"
  23. Heartfelt heartland rock at its most memorable.
  24. The Gaslight Anthem - The Diamond Church Street Choir (2010)
  25. "Who, who, who does it better than we do? Them sopranos in Andy Diamond's choir"
  26. Where doo-wop, punk and Bruce Springsteen meet. And yes, it is as glorious as that sounds.
  27. The National - Racing Like a Pro (2007)
  28. "One time you were a glowing young ruffian, oh my God it was a million years ago"
  29. Devastating in its impact and import.
  30. Sha-Na-Na - Those Magic Changes (1975)
  31. "I have never heard that song before, but if I don't hear it any more.."
  32. Condensed nostalgia. Soaring vocals, sugary-sweet melody.
  33. Billy Joel - Say Goodbye to Hollywood (1976)
  34. "Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes, I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again"
  35. In the right mindset, this is a pretty painful listen.
  36. They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul (1990)
  37. "Not to put too fine a point on it, say I'm the only bee in your bonnet"
  38. The Giants at their witty, urbane, catchy best.
  39. Danny and the Champions of the World - Every Beat of My Heart (2011)
  40. "Oh the drummer, he's playin' every beat of my heart, he's gonna count us in for the start"
  41. Danny and his Champions rock up a storm in this poppy ode-to-the-drummer marvel. Worthy of E Street.
  42. Brian Eno and David Byrne - Life Is Long (2008)
  43. "Life is long if you give it away, so stay, don't go, 'cos I'm fading away"
  44. A marvellous cross-genre hybrid, a pop-rock melody pollinated with gospel tinges.
  45. Richard Hawley - Tonight the Streets Are Ours (2009)
  46. "Don't let fear of feeling fool you, what you see sets you apart"
  47. Devastatingly beautiful. Complex yet effortless orchestration; warm, affecting vocals.
  48. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (1977)
  49. "Burning through the sky, yeah, 200 degrees: that's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit"
  50. Bombastic fun - it remains unbelievably catchy.
  51. The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl - A Fairytale Of New York (1988)
  52. "Got on a lucky one, came in 18 to 1 - I've got a feeling this year's for me and you"
  53. The best Christmas song of all-time - Macgowan and Maccoll perfectly counter each other, vocally and lyrically.
  54. R.E.M. - Near Wild Heaven (1991)
  55. "Living inside near wild heaven"
  56. Sublime backing vocals from Mike Mills, supported by one of the band's finest melodies.
  57. Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973)
  58. "They sit at the bar and put bread in my jar and say 'Man, what are you doing here?'"
  59. Melancholy yet uplifting, with one of the finest sing-along choruses ever written, and superb slice-of-life lyrics.
  60. Bruce Springsteen - You'll Be Comin' Down (2007)
  61. "Cinnamon sky's gone candy-apple green"
  62. The meticulous highlight of Magic. Cry of a spurned lover, or venomous attack on Bush? Probably both.
  63. Barenaked Ladies - Life, in a Nutshell (1994)
  64. "She's like a baby and I'm like a cat, when we are happy we both get fat"
  65. As catchy a song as BNL have ever written, with lyrics that tread the sentimental-insincere line masterfully.
  66. The National - Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks (2010)
  67. "Though the water is rising, there's still no surprising you"
  68. Heart-rending strings accompany one of the National's most sincere ballads - and one of Berninger's finest vocal performances.
  69. The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice (1966)
  70. "Wouldn't it be nice if we were older, then we wouldn't have to wait so long"
  71. Wonderfully wistful, beautifully produced.
  72. R.E.M. - Aftermath (2004)
  73. "It makes you laugh and it makes you cry when London falls and you're still alive"
  74. The definitive post-Berry R.E.M. track.
  75. The Gaslight Anthem - Meet Me By The River's Edge (2007)
  76. "You're the only one who understood me then, you're the only one who will"
  77. Combines the finest Springsteenian grandeur with the hardest-rocking, driving beat heard in decades. Boss references, hard-jangling guitars, and Weinberg-rivalling drumming. "No surrender, my Bobby Jean".
  78. Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World (can't find orig release date, 1980?)
  79. "You'll be amazed, so full of praise, when we've rearranged your world"
  80. As enjoyable as easy listening gets.
  81. Bruce Springsteen - Badlands (1978)
  82. "Keep pushing 'till it's understood and these badlands start treating us good"
  83. The Springsteen ethos summarised in four minutes. It's all here.
  84. R.E.M. - Fall On Me (1986)
  85. "Buy the sky and sell the sky"
  86. Beach Boys-style melodies set alongside lyrics and vocals typical opf R.E.M.'s '80s output. It's a stunning combination.
  87. fun. - At Least I'm Not As Sad (As I Used To Be) (2009)
  88. "I don't fall in love, I just fake it"
  89. Triangulates reggae, indie-pop and college rock: something rather special.
  90. M. Ward - Epistemology (2009)
  91. "I just rolled and I tumbled, down a long road I stumbled"
  92. Low-key vocals and dense, melodic instrumentation make this an all-around winner.
  93. Barenaked Ladies - You Run Away (2010)
  94. "I did my best, but it wasn't enough"
  95. The bitter counterpoint to Page's "Over Joy", it packs a powerful emotional punch thanks to a personal lyric and densely packed vocals and instrumentation.
  96. Morrissey - That's How People Grow Up (2009)
  97. "Praying for love that never comes from someone that does not exist"
  98. Once again, Morrissey perfectly taps into the human condition with his depressingly accurate lyrics. Rocking tune, too.
  99. Carbon Leaf - What About Everything? (2004)
  100. "I find it hard to complain when compared with what about everything"
  101. Profound message; soaring instrumentation; catchy-as-a-bitch chorus.
  102. Roger Whittaker - Streets of London (1976)
  103. In our winter city, the rain cries a little pity for one more forgotten hero and a world that doesn't care"
  104. Sobering observation set to a suitably downbeat easy listening tune.
  105. The Polyphonic Spree - Section 9: Light & Day (2002)
  106. "Follow the day and reach for the sun"
  107. Gorgeous backing supported by lyrics that can't help but prove uplifting.
  108. Soul Asylum - Runaway Train (1993)
  109. "It's just easier than dealing with the pain"
  110. One of that songs that just hit you like a punch to the gut.
  111. Barenaked Ladies - It's All Been Done (1998)
  112. "Alone & bored on a 30th century night - will I see you on The Price Is Right?"
  113. Rollicking good fun with pop culture references a-plenty.
  114. Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream (2008)
  115. "Our love will make it real someday"
  116. Boss-by-numbers. But dammit if it isn't amazing Boss-by-numbers.
  117. Guided By Voices - Hold On Hope (2000)
  118. "Everybody's got to hold on hope, it's the last thing that's holding me"
  119. GbV in emotional, melancholy mode - it works perfectly.
  120. They Might Be Giants - New York City (1996)
  121. "Everyone's your friend in New York City, and everything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty"
  122. A solid girl-grunge tune made into a rock masterpiece by the Giants.
  123. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (1994)
  124. "Love is not a victory march, it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah"
  125. Buckley's voice defies description, and this interpretation is faultless.
  126. Bruce Springsteen - Waitin' On A Sunny Day (2002)
  127. "I hope that you're coming to stay"
  128. It should be melancholy, yet it's astoundingly upbeat. Best use of a violin in a pop song since "Come On Eileen".
  129. Electric Light Orchestra - Wild West Hero (1977)
  130. "Oh, I wish I was a wild west hero"
  131. The superior "Bohemian Rhapsody"
  132. R.E.M. - Daysleeper (1998)
  133. "I see today with a newsprint fray, my night is coloured headache grey"
  134. The best song in 3/4 time? Probably.
  135. Geoff Byrd - Before Kings (2005)
  136. "Promises slip the skin, disillusionment can now begin"
  137. Sharp, urbane lyrics and tunes worthy of the Beatles - the most "underrated" song on this list
  138. Carbon Leaf - The Boxer (2001)
  139. "She is the boxer, she knows when and where to strike"
  140. Who knew folk-pop could be this good? Immensely catchy
  141. Cerys Matthews - Oranges to Florida (2009)
  142. "Another day of fighting, it won't make me understand"
  143. The finest dream-pop song of all-time; swirling orchestration effortlessly coalesces with Cerys' yearning.
  144. Billy Joel - The Entertainer (1974)
  145. "It was a beautiful song, but it ran too long; if you're gonna have a hit, you gotta make it fit; so they cut it down to 3:05"
  146. A sharp, scathing indictment of the music industry set to inspired backing
  147. They Might Be Giants - The End of the Tour (1994)
  148. "The engagements are booked through the end of the world, so we'll meet at the end of the tour"
  149. Ballad and heavy rock contrast wonderfully in one of TMBG's most powerful
  150. Morrissey - First of the Gang to Die (2004)
  151. "First of the gang with a gun in his hand, and the first to do time, the first of the gang to die"
  152. Morrissey's catchiest number. A behemoth of a rocker.
  153. The Gaslight Anthem - Great Expectations (2007)
  154. "Everybody leaves so why, why wouldn't you?"
  155. Heart-wrenching chorus that leaves one rather despondent. Which is, I suspect, rather the point.
  156. The Smiths - Cemetry Gates (1986)
  157. "Keats and Yeats are on your side"
  158. Jangly, catchy and morbidly fun.
  159. Bruce Springsteen - Backstreets (1975)
  160. "After all this time, to find we're just like all the rest"
  161. Soul-destroying vocal performance here. Bruce never meant what he was saying as much as he did here. You can just tell.
  162. Billy Bragg and Wilco - Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key (1998)
  163. "Ain't nobody that can sing like me"
  164. Turns out, Guthrie lyrics, Bragg vocals and Wilco backing make for a stellar combination.
  165. She and Him - This Is Not A Test (2008)
  166. "Ticking numbers never made sense, anyways"
  167. Sounds absolutely gorgeous. Deschanel's vocals suit the mood perfectly.
  168. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound (2007)
  169. "Young boys, young girls, ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night"
  170. On an album of downbeat songs, the title track is perhaps most so. Immensely moving.
  171. Elliott Smith - Say Yes (1997)
  172. "I'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girl"
  173. Another painfully-accurate narrative. The acoustic sound adds to the melancholy.
  174. Soul Asylum - Homesick (1992)
  175. "I'm homesick for a home I never had"
  176. Another classic from Grave Dancers Union, heartbreaking and soul-searching.
  177. The Gaslight Anthem - Here's Looking At You, Kid (2007)
  178. "I used to wait at the diner, a million nights without her, praying she won't cancel again tonight"
  179. Way to destroy my teenage optimism. If Darkness on the Edge of Town hadn't done it, The '59 Sound would've.
  180. Bruce Springsteen - The Promised Land (1978)
  181. "Mister I ain't a boy, no I'm a man, and I believe in a promised land"
  182. Bitingly insincere or endearingly optimistic?
  183. Bruce Springsteen - Downbound Train (1984)
  184. "Now I work down at the car-wash, where all it ever does is rain"
  185. Captivating lyrics, gut-wrenching tune
  186. The Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations (2010)
  187. "She was a really cool kisser, and she wasn't all that strict of a Christian"
  188. Where Springsteen meets indie-pop. Impossible to dislike.
  189. U2 - Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of (2000)
  190. "It's just a moment, this time will pass"
  191. U2 at their most poignant.
  192. The Divine Comedy - Everybody Knows (Except You) (1997)
  193. "I'll get through to you if it's the last thing that I do"
  194. Neil Hannon at his observant, powerful best.
  195. Oasis - Whatever (1994)
  196. "I'll sing the blues if I want"
  197. Oasis at their most accomplished - rocking and anti-establishment whilst maintaining a wistful tone
  198. The Shins - Girl Inform Me (2001)
  199. "Your clever eyes could easily disguise some backwards purpose, it's enough to make me nervous"
  200. Sublime melodies that rival the Beach Boys matched by the sharpest lyrics of indie
  201. ABBA - Fernando (1975)
  202. "If I had to do the same again, I would, my friend, Fernando"
  203. What ABBA do best: moving lyrics against a perfect pop backing
  204. The National - England (2010)
  205. "Someone send a runner, through the weather that I'm under, for the feeling that I lost today"
  206. Complex emotions and fraught ruminations set against a devilishly complex, desperate musical undercurrent.
  207. Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) (1984)
  208. "How can I just let you walk away, just let you leave without a trace?"
  209. Probably the best 'power ballad', Phil at his emotional best
  210. The Divine Comedy - The Pop Singer's Fear Of The Pollen Count (1999)
  211. "Even when I get hayfever, I find I may sneeze but I don't really mind"
  212. Summery pop inflected with Hannon's trademark wit
  213. They Might Be Giants - Climbing the Walls (2007)
  214. "It got so bad I quit my job, then I got a new job climbing the walls"
  215. Sharp wit and turns of phrase set to an insanely catchy tune.
  216. James Taylor - Carolina In My Mind (1971)
  217. "Can't you see the sun shine? Can't you just feel the moonshine?"
  218. Easy listening shouldn't be this difficult to get through without a tear or two.. an ode to all our personal Carolinas.
  219. Renaud - Je vis caché (2005)
  220. "Pour vivre heureux, je vis caché"
  221. One of the best tracks by a singer-songwriter, catchy yet haunting
  222. Travis - Turn (1999)
  223. "I want to live, I will survive"
  224. The best example of post-Britpop
  225. Bruce Springsteen - The River (1980)
  226. "No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle, no flowers, no wedding dress"
  227. Springsteen at his sentimental best - outstanding lyrics
  228. Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (1986)
  229. "Don't want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon graveyard"
  230. Lovely blend of African melody with distinctly Western lyrics
  231. Morrissey - I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris (2009)
  232. "Only stone and steel accept my love"
  233. Simple conceit, meticulously executed. That trademark Morrissey sound has never sounded better.
  234. The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun (1969)
  235. "Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter"
  236. Nostalgic, sweet and very melodic. The best of the Beatles
  237. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road (1975)
  238. "The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves, like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays"
  239. A movie in song form. Never was Springsteen more cinematic.
  240. Val Doonican - King Of The Road [c] (can't find accurate year)
  241. "I'm a man of means, by no means king of the road"
  242. One of the great folk songs, Doonican's version is probably the most effective
  243. Barenaked Ladies - Jane (1994)
  244. "Jane, divided but I can't decide which side I'm on"
  245. Smooth, soothing and another sentimental-sarcastic line-walker
  246. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (1966)
  247. "I may not always love you, but long as there are stars above you, you never need to doubt it"
  248. Gorgeous layering and beautiful melodies.
  249. Billy Joel - Scenes From An Italian Restaurant (1977)
  250. "Bottle of white, bottle of red. Perhaps a bottle of rosé instead"
  251. The most epic of Billy's - and a joy to listen to
  252. Blondie - Union City Blue (1979)
  253. "Skyline, passion, Union City Blue"
  254. Somewhere between mainstream and alternative, catchy and powerful
  255. R.E.M. - What's The Frequency Kenneth? (1994)
  256. Richard said "withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy"
  257. R.E.M. rock out - and very, very well
  258. Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender (1984)
  259. "We learned more from a three-minute record, baby, than we ever learned in school"
  260. The ultimate statement of defiance. Formed a perfect ode to the ties that bind when placed back-to-back on BITUSA with:
  261. Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean (1984)
  262. "I miss you baby, good luck, goodbye, Bobby Jean"
  263. A song that still kills me every damn time.
  264. They Might Be Giants - Don't Let's Start (1986)
  265. "Everyone dies frustrated and sad, and that is beautiful"
  266. Sad lyrics crossed with joyful rhythm equals another TMBG classic
  267. Billy Joel - The Downeaster "Alexa" (1989)
  268. Like all the locals here I've had to sell my home; too proud to leave I worked my fingers to the bone"
  269. One of the most underrated Billy ballads, lovely
  270. R.E.M. - (Don't Go Back To) Rockville (1984)
  271. "Don't go back to Rockville and waste another year"
  272. A finer example of country than most country artists have ever managed
  273. Barenaked Ladies - Go Home (2000)
  274. "If you need her, you should be there, go home"
  275. Cautionary tale as catchy pop song, something BNL do often but rarely quite as successfully as here
  276. The Shins - So Says I (2003)
  277. "It was nothing like we'd ever dreamt, our lust for life had gone away with the rent"
  278. Splendidly catchy rhythms and fast-paced stream-of-consciousness lyrics make for a superb song
  279. R.E.M. - Endgame
  280. "Ba da da da da la da da ha ha ha"
  281. Elegiac without being mournful; beautiful without ever verging on syrupy-sweet.
  282. They Might Be Giats - I've Got A Match
  283. "I've got a match - your embrace and my collapse"
  284. Beautiful and profound in sentiment, despite its central line being based on a puerile childrens' rhyme..
  285. Bruce Springsteen - Incident on 57th Street (1973)
  286. "I'll meet you tomorrow night on Lovers' Lane"
  287. The definitive early Springsteen epic. What a story and what a soundscape.
  288. Vonda Shepard - Confetti (2000)
  289. "My words are like confetti and you never pick them up"
  290. Vocal pop at its polished, pitch-perfect peak.
  291. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes - I Don't Want To Go Home (1976)
  292. "Whatever happened with you and I that I don't wanna go home?"
  293. Encapsulates the sound and ethos of the Jersey Shore as well as any Springsteen cut you might care to name.
  294. Interpol - Next Exit (2004)
  295. "We ain't going to the town, we're going to the city"
  296. The soundtrack to moving on. Spiritually, physically, emotionally.
  297. Ellis Paul - The World Ain't Slowing Down (1998)
  298. "Weren't you the kid who just climbed on the merry-go-round?"
  299. Nostalgia, the loss of innocence, and misplaced youth: they always get me, dammit.
  300. Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man (1970)
  301. "Deep inside it's true, I'm a home-lovin' man, comin' on home to you"
  302. Guess I'm a bit of a sucker for sentimentality in all its forms.. marvellously warm, in heart and tone.

  304. 100 CLOSE-RUNNERS (ALPHABETICALLY)

  306. The 88 - At Least It Was Here
  307. "I can't count the reasons I should stay, one by one they all just fade away"
  308. ABBA - When All Is Said and Done
  309. "Neither you nor I'm to blame when all is said and done"
  310. Adam Again - Stone
  311. "I never really could convince you when I said to leave I meant 'please stay'"
  312. Barenaked Ladies - Celebrity
  313. "All that's left of me is my celebrity"
  314. Barenaked Ladies - Falling for the First Time
  315. "I'm so done, turn me over"
  316. Barenaked Ladies - I Have Learned
  317. "I have learned to live with living with every choice we made"
  318. Barenaked Ladies - In The Car
  319. "In the car, we were waiting for our lives to start their endings"
  320. Barenaked Ladies - Rule The World With Love
  321. "Love will conquer all for one and one for all is fair in love and war"
  322. Barenaked Ladies - Quality
  323. "If you're not down, vote with your feet"
  324. The Beach Boys - Sloop John B.
  325. "Well, I feel so broke-up, I want to go home"
  326. The Beach Boys - When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
  327. "Will I look back and say that I wished I hadn't done what I did?"
  328. Ben Folds - Landed
  329. "..Until I believed I was the crazy one, and in a way, I guess I was"
  330. Billy Joel - Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
  331. "Good luck movin' up, 'cos I'm movin' out"
  332. Billy Joel - Only The Good Die Young
  333. "Come out Virginia, don't let me wait, you Catholic girls start much too late"
  334. Blondie - Picture This
  335. "You got clouds on your lids and you'd be on the skids if it weren't for your job at the garage"
  336. Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
  337. "I wanna shoot the whole day down"
  338. Bruce Springsteen - Lucky Town
  339. "I'm gonna lose these blues I've found down in lucky town"
  340. Bruce Springsteen - This Life
  341. "I finger the hem of your dress, my universe at rest"
  342. Bruce Springsteen - Ain't Good Enough For You
  343. "Hittin' cool, just like Jimmy Iovine"
  344. Catatonia - Don't Need the Sunshine
  345. "I don't mind your lies, so keep on talking"
  346. Catatonia - I Am The Mob
  347. "Stop blowing the Don, put his kecks back on, 'cos I am the mob"
  348. Catatonia - Londinium
  349. "The black cab roars through the neon disease"
  350. Catatonia - Road Rage
  351. "It's all over the front page, you give me road rage"
  352. Cerys Matthews - Arlington Way
  353. "Nobody said it would be easy"
  354. Cerys Matthews - Blue Light Alarm
  355. "Come hell or high water, you'll be there where I oughta"
  356. Cerys Matthews - Spider and the Fly
  357. "I wanna take the space between us, make it a hundred degrees"
  358. Coconut Records - Easy Girl
  359. "You are an easy girl to love, an easy girl to kiss, an easy girl to miss when you're gone"
  360. Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas
  361. "Top to toe in tailbacks, I've got red lights all around"
  362. Coconut Records - Any Fun
  363. "You never had anyone, so I won't let you down"
  364. College - A Real Hero
  365. "You have proved to be a real human being"
  366. Danny and the Champions of the World - Soul in the City
  367. "We're gonna leave this town behind"
  368. Darlene Love - All Alone on Christmas
  369. "The cold wind is blowin' and the streets are gettin' dark.."
  370. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
  371. "Poor old Johnny Ray, sounded sad upon the radio, he moved a million hearts in mono"
  372. The Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town
  373. "The salvation army band played, and the children drunk lemonade, and the morning lasted all day"
  374. Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman
  375. "So sad that that's the way it's over"
  376. Emmy the Great - We Almost Had A Baby
  377. "Do you thinnk of me when you're playing the one and five in four? Is country music what your life is for?"
  378. Fleetwood Mac - As Long As You Follow
  379. "I'm going to win, I'll beg, seal or borrow"
  380. Frank Sinatra - Summer Wind
  381. "The world was new, beneath a blue umbrella sky"
  382. fun. - All the Pretty Girls
  383. "I wish all the pretty girls were shaking me down"
  384. fun. - Be Calm
  385. "I know that it gets so hard sometimes"
  386. fun. - The Gambler
  387. "I swear when I grow up, I won't just buy you a rose, I will buy the flower shop"
  388. The Gaslight Anthem - Orphans
  389. "We were orphans before we were ever the sons of regret"
  390. The Gaslight Anthem - Old Haunts
  391. "God help the man who says, 'if you'd've known me when' - old haunts are for forgotten ghosts"
  392. The Gaslight Anthem - Old White Lincoln
  393. "I lit a cigarette on the parking meter"
  394. The Gaslight Anthem - The Patient Ferris Wheel
  395. "Ride on, right on, ferris wheel lights on"
  396. Guided by Voices - Chasing Heather Crazy
  397. "Making sure that all the world is coming down on her"
  398. James - I Know What I'm Here For
  399. "I know what I'm here for, hanging on through late December"
  400. Joe Grushecky - No Strings Attached
  401. "You won't owe me anything and there will be no questions asked"
  402. Kanye West - Devil in a New Dress
  403. "Catchin' feelings, never stumble, retracin' my steps"
  404. Keane - Everybody's Changing
  405. "I try to make a move just to stay in the game, try to stay awake and remember my name"
  406. Lady Gaga - The Edge of Glory
  407. "I'm on the edge with you"
  408. The Magic Numbers - I See You, You See Me
  409. "This is not what I'm like this is not what I do, this is not what I'm like, I think I'm falling for you"
  410. Magnetic Fields - All My Little Words
  411. "You said you were in love with me, both of us know that's impossible"
  412. Magnetic Fields - Born On a Train
  413. "I've been making promises I know I'll never keep"
  414. Magnetic Fields - California Girls
  415. "You will hear me say, as the pavement whirls, 'I hate California girls'"
  416. Magnetic Fields - The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side
  417. "I've got wheels and you want to go for a ride"
  418. Magnetic Fields - Too Drunk to Dream
  419. "I've gotta drink wine not to pine for you, and God knows that ain't cheap"
  420. Magnetic Fields - You Must Be Out Of Your Mind
  421. "You think you can leave the past behind, you must be out of your mind"
  422. Mama Cass - Make Your Own Kind Of Music
  423. "Even if nobody else sings along"
  424. Meat Loaf - Alive
  425. "As long as hot blood runs through my veins, I'm still alive"
  426. Meat Loaf - Blind As A Bat
  427. "The final words on the final page, will be your name 'cos I believe"
  428. Meat Loaf - It Just Won't Quit
  429. "Is it richer than diamonds, or just a little cheaper than shit?"
  430. Meat Loaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light
  431. "Let me sleep on it, baby, baby, let me sleep on it"
  432. Meat Loaf - What About Love
  433. "That happens once, only once in a lifetime"
  434. Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday
  435. "Every day is silent and grey"
  436. The National - Conversation 16
  437. "I was afraid I'd eat your brains 'cos I'm evil"
  438. The National - Mr. November
  439. "I won't fuck us over, I'm Mr November"
  440. The National - Sorrow
  441. "Cover me in rag-and-bone sympathy 'cos I don't wanna get over you"
  442. Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger
  443. "So, Sally can wait, she knows it's too late as she's walking on by"
  444. R.E.M. - Driver 8 (1985)
  445. "We can reach our destination, but it's still a ways away"
  446. R.E.M. - Man-Sized Wreath
  447. "Turn on the TV, and what do I see? A pageantry of empty gestures all lined up for me, wow!"
  448. R.E.M. - Time After Time (Annelise)
  449. "If your friends took a fall, are you obligated to follow?"
  450. R.E.M. - Wall of Death [c]
  451. "You are going nowhere when you ride on the carousel, and maybe you're strong, but what's the use of ringing a bell?"
  452. R.E.M. - Nightswimming (1992)
  453. "The photograph reflects every streetlight, a reminder nightswimming deserves a quiet night"
  454. R.E.M. - Find the River
  455. "Bergamot and vetiver run through my head and fall away"
  456. R.E.M. - Perfect Circle
  457. "Heaven assumed, shoulders high in the room"
  458. R.E.M. - Imitation of Life (2001)
  459. "Charades, pop skill, water hyacinth named by a poet, imitation of life"
  460. R.E.M. - It Happened Today (2011)
  461. "It happened, hip-hip-hooray"
  462. Ronnie Milsap - A Legend In My Time [c]
  463. "If they gave gold statuettes for tears and regrets, I'd be a legend in my time"
  464. The Shins - Kissing the Lipless
  465. "Secretly I want to bury in the yard, the grey remains of a friendship scarred"
  466. Sia - Breathe Me
  467. "I am small, I'm needy, warm me up, breathe me"
  468. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes - Love On The Wrong Side Of Town
  469. "Our love is tumbling down, I can't be hanging around"
  470. The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
  471. "To die by your side; well, the pleasure, the privelege is mine"
  472. Soul Asylum - Misery
  473. "We could start a company, make misery - Frustrated, Incorporated"
  474. Soul Asylum - Without A Trace
  475. "Standing in the sun with a popsicle, anything is possible"
  476. Steven Page - Clifton Springs
  477. "It's an old wound but it opened in a new way"
  478. Sun Kil Moon - Carry Me Ohio
  479. "Sorry for never going by your door, never feeling love like that anymore"
  480. They Might Be Giants - Experimental Film (2004)
  481. "Even though I can't explain it, I already know how great it is"
  482. They Might Be Giants - Destination Moon
  483. "Thank you for the card with the cartoon nurse, but you see, there's nothing wrong with me"
  484. They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng
  485. "Make a hole with a gun perpendicular to the name of this town on a desktop globe.."
  486. They Might Be Giants - Out of Jail
  487. "Long before the screen door slammed.."
  488. They Might Be Giants - Mr. Me
  489. "He ended up sad, he ended up sad, he ended up really, really, really sad"
  490. They Might Be Giants - Can't Keep Johnny Down
  491. "All of the dicks in this dick town can't keep Johnny down"
  492. They Might Be Giants - Canajoharie
  493. "Where a rocket-ship experiment went awry, when the prototype exploded on the launching site"
  494. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Free Fallin'
  495. "She's a good girl, crazy' bout Elvis, loves Jesus and America too"
  496. U2 - Angel of Harlem
  497. "It was a cold and wet December day when we struck the ground at JFK"
  498. Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles
  499. "I'd walk a thousand miles if I could just see you tonight"
  500. Vonda Shepard - Ask the Lonely [c]
  501. "They know the hurt and pain"
  502. Warren Zevon - Keep Me In Your Heart
  503. "If I leave you it doesn't mean I love you any less, keep me in your heart for a while"
  504. Weezer - Island In The Sun
  505. "When you're on a golden sea, you don't need no memory"

  506. THE REST, ALPHABETICALLY

  507. ABBA

  508. Angeleyes
  509. Chiquitita
  510. The Day Before You Came
  511. Does Your Mother Know?
  512. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
  513. Lay All Your Love On Me
  514. One of Us
  515. Our Last Summer
  516. Ring Ring
  517. So Long
  518. Super Trouper
  519. Take A Chance On Me
  520. Under Attack
  521. Waterloo
  522. The Winner Takes It All

  523. ADRIENNE PIERCE

  524. Arizona

  525. A-HA

  526. Take On Me

  527. ALAN JACKSON

  528. Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)

  529. ALICE BAND

  530. One Day At A Time

  531. ANDREW GOLD

  532. The Final Frontier

  533. ANDY ABRAHAM

  534. The Greatest Love of All [c]

  535. ANDY WILLIAMS

  536. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

  537. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

  538. My Girls

  539. ANIMALS

  540. House of the Rising Sun

  541. ANNIE

  542. It's the Hard-Knock Life

  543. APOLLO SUNSHINE

  544. Eyes

  545. ASH

  546. Burn Baby Burn

  547. AYA HIRANO

  548. SOS Dara Naijoubu!

  549. BAND AID

  550. Do They Know It's Christmas?

  551. BARENAKED LADIES

  552. full top 50 Barenaked Ladies songs (all those that didn't make my top 150 would be here)

  553. BARRY LOUIS POLISAR

  554. All I Want Is You

  555. BARRY MANILOW

  556. I Made It Through The Rain

  557. BEACH BOYS

  558. All Summer Long
  559. California Girls
  560. Dance Dance Dance
  561. Do It Again
  562. Don't Worry Baby
  563. Fun Fun Fun
  564. Good Vibrations
  565. Help Me Rhonda
  566. I Can Hear Music
  567. I Get Around
  568. Kokomo
  569. The Little Girl I Once Knew
  570. Little Saint Nick
  571. Surfin' USA
  572. Then I Kissed Her
  573. You're So Good To Me

  574. BEATLES

  575. All You Need Is Love
  576. The Ballad of John & Yoko
  577. Eleanor Rigby
  578. Hello Goodbye
  579. Hey Jude
  580. Let It Be
  581. The Long & Winding Road
  582. Paperback Writer
  583. Penny Lane
  584. Please Please Me
  585. Something

  586. BEAUTIFUL SOUTH

  587. Don't Marry Her
  588. Rotterdam

  589. BECCA KAID

  590. Where Have You Been?

  591. BEE GEES

  592. For Whom The Bell Tolls
  593. You Win Again

  594. BELLAMY BROTHERS

  595. If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body

  596. BEN E KING

  597. Stand By Me

  598. BEN FOLDS

  599. The Luckiest

  600. BETA BAND

  601. Dry The Rain

  602. BETTER THAN EZRA

  603. A Lifetime

  604. BILLY BRAGG & WILCO

  605. California Stars
  606. Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key

  607. BILLY COULTER

  608. It's Christmas Day

  609. BILLY JOEL

  610. All About Soul (Remix)
  611. Allentown
  612. An Innocent Man
  613. And So It Goes
  614. Captain Jack
  615. Everybody Loves You Now
  616. Goodnight Saigon
  617. Honesty
  618. An Innocent Man
  619. Just the Way You Are
  620. Leningrad
  621. The Longest Time
  622. My Life
  623. The River of Dreams
  624. Sleeping With The Television On
  625. Tell Her About It
  626. This Is The Time To Remember
  627. We Didn't Start The Fire
  628. You May Be Right

  629. BLACK

  630. Wonderful Life

  631. BLONDIE

  632. Call Me
  633. Maria
  634. Sunday Girl

  635. BLUE MINK

  636. Banner Man

  637. BLUR

  638. Country House

  639. BOB DYLAN

  640. Blowin' In The Wind
  641. Desolation Row
  642. It Ain't Me Babe
  643. Like A Rolling Stone
  644. Mr. Tambourine Man
  645. Rainy Day Women, Nos. 12 and 35

  646. BON JOVI

  647. Livin' On A Prayer

  648. BONNIE TYLER

  649. Total Eclipse of the Heart

  650. BOOMTOWN RATS

  651. Rat Trap

  652. BOSTON

  653. More than a Feeling

  654. BOYZONE

  655. All That I Need
  656. A Different Beat
  657. Key to My Life

  658. BREAD

  659. Dismal Day
  660. Everything I Own

  661. BREE SHARP

  662. David Duchovny

  663. BRIAN & MICHAEL

  664. Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats & Dogs

  665. THE BRILLIANT GREEN

  666. Rainy Days Never Stays
  667. Day After Day

  668. BROOKS & DUNN

  669. Only In America

  670. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

  671. full top 100 Bruce Springsteen songs (a whole lot of these would be here..)

  672. BRYAN ADAMS

  673. Cloud Number Nine
  674. East Side Story
  675. This Side of Paradise

  676. BUTTHOLE SURFERS

  677. Dracula from Houston

  678. BUZZCOCKS

  679. Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

  680. BYRDS

  681. Mr. Tambourine Man [c]
  682. Turn, Turn, Turn..

  683. CALIFORNIA ORANGES

  684. Falling Back

  685. CALLING

  686. Whereever You Will Go

  687. CARBON LEAF

  688. American Tale
  689. Blue Ridge Laughing
  690. Desperation Song
  691. Mary Mac
  692. On Any Given Day

  693. CARPENTERS

  694. Superstar

  695. CASUALS

  696. Jesamine

  697. CATATONIA

  698. Bleed
  699. Jump or Be Sane
  700. Mulder and Scully
  701. Strange Glue
  702. You've Got A Lot To Answer For

  703. CEE LO GREEN

  704. Fuck You

  705. CERYS MATTHEWS

  706. Into the Blue
  707. It's What's Left (That Makes It Right)
  708. Open Roads
  709. Streets of New York

  710. CHAGE & ASKA

  711. Castles In The Air
  712. The River

  713. CHRIS DE BURGH

  714. A Spaceman Came Travelling

  715. CINDY BULLENS

  716. It's Raining on Prom Night

  717. CITIZEN KING

  718. Better Days

  719. CLOUT

  720. Substitute

  721. COCONUT RECORDS

  722. Back to You
  723. Mama
  724. Minding My Own Business
  725. Nighttiming
  726. Saint Jerome
  727. The Thanks I Get

  728. COLIN HAY

  729. Beautiful World
  730. Overkill

  731. COMMUNARDS

  732. Don't Leave Me This Way

  733. CONJURE ONE

  734. Extraordinary Way

  735. CORRS

  736. Humdrum
  737. So Young
  738. Summer Sunshine

  739. COSMIC GATE

  740. Exploration of Space

  741. COUNTING CROWS

  742. American Girls
  743. Big Yellow Taxi
  744. Hanginaround
  745. I Wish I Was A Girl
  746. Mrs. Potter's Lullaby

  747. CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL

  748. Bad Moon Rising

  749. CURE

  750. Friday I'm In Love
  751. Just Like Heaven

  752. DANIEL POWTER

  753. Bad Day
  754. Jimmy Gets High

  755. DANNY AND THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD

  756. Can't Hold Back
  757. Heart and Arrow
  758. On the Street
  759. You Don't Know (My Heart is in the Right Place)

  760. DARKER MY LOVE

  761. Snow is Falling

  762. DARLENE LOVE

  763. All Alone on Christmas
  764. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
  765. Marshmallow World

  766. DAVID BOWIE

  767. Life On Mars

  768. DECEMBERISTS

  769. 16 Military Wives
  770. Sons & Daughters
  771. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)

  772. DEEP BLUE SOMETHING

  773. Breakfast at Tiffany's

  774. DEERHOOF

  775. Wrong Time Capsule

  776. DEVO

  777. Uncontrollable Urge

  778. DIE ÄRZTE

  779. Heurelei
  780. Lied vom Schietern
  781. Lasse redn
  782. Perfekt
  783. Vorbei ist Vorbei

  784. DIVINE COMEDY

  785. National Express

  786. DIXIE CHICKS

  787. Not Ready to Make Nice
  788. Top of the World

  789. DOLLY PARTON

  790. Here You Come Again

  791. DON HENLEY

  792. New York Minute

  793. DON MCLEAN

  794. Vincent

  795. DONOVAN

  796. Wear Your Love Like Heaven

  797. EAGLE-EYE CHERRY

  798. Been Here Once Before

  799. EAGLES

  800. Desperado
  801. Take It To The Limit

  802. EELS

  803. Fresh Feeling

  804. EL PERRO DEL MAR

  805. Dog

  806. ELAINE PAIGE + BARBARA DICKSON

  807. I Know Him So Well

  808. ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

  809. Can't Get It Out Of My Head
  810. Mr. Blue Sky
  811. Rockaria!
  812. Strange Magic

  813. ELLIE CAMPBELL

  814. So Many Ways

  815. ELLIOTT SMITH

  816. Needle in the Hay
  817. Say Yes

  818. ELTON JOHN

  819. Are You Ready For Love?
  820. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
  821. I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
  822. Sacrifice
  823. Step Into Christmas

  824. ELVIS COSTELLO

  825. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding

  826. ELVIS PRESLEY

  827. In The Ghetto
  828. Suspicious Minds
  829. Viva Las Vegas

  830. EMMY THE GREAT

  831. 24

  832. ERIC CLAPTON

  833. Tears In Heaven

  834. EVERLY BROTHERS

  835. (All I Have To Do Is) Dream

  836. FALL

  837. Eat Y'self Fitter
  838. Hark The Herald Angels Sing [c]
  839. Industrial Estate
  840. No Xmas For John Quays
  841. Wings

  842. FEELING

  843. I Love It When You Call

  844. FISHER

  845. I Will Love You

  846. FLAMING LIPS

  847. Do You Realise??

  848. FLEETWOOD MAC

  849. Everywhere
  850. Go Your Own Way
  851. Hold Me
  852. Little Lies
  853. Say You Love Me
  854. Seven Wonders
  855. You Make Loving Fun

  856. FLYING PICKETS

  857. Only You

  858. THE FORMAT

  859. The Compromise
  860. She Doesn't Get It
  861. Time Bomb

  862. FOUNDATIONS

  863. Build Me Up Buttercup

  864. FOUR SEASONS

  865. December '63 (Oh What A Night)

  866. FRANCIS DUNNERY

  867. Good Life

  868. FRANK SINATRA

  869. New York, New York
  870. They Can't Take That Away From Me

  871. FRANK ZAPPA

  872. Orange County Lumber Truck

  873. FRANKIE AVALON

  874. Beauty School Dropout

  875. FRANZ FERDINAND

  876. Matinee

  877. THE FRAY

  878. How To Save A Life

  879. FREDA PAYNE

  880. Band of Gold

  881. FREDDIE MERCURY

  882. Barcelona

  883. FRIENDLY INDIANS

  884. I Know You Know

  885. FUN.

  886. Barlights
  887. I Wanna Be The One
  888. Walking the Dog

  889. G TOM MAC

  890. Half

  891. GARY GLITTER

  892. Another Rock'n'Roll Christmas

  893. GARY U.S. BONDS

  894. Soul Deep

  895. GASLIGHT ANTHEM

  896. The Backseat
  897. Boxer
  898. Bring It On
  899. Drive
  900. High Lonesome
  901. I Coulda Been a Contender
  902. The Queen of Lower Chelsea

  903. GEOFF BYRD

  904. Frozen
  905. I'm In Love
  906. I Will Be There
  907. Plasti-Queens
  908. Parasol
  909. Silver Plated

  910. GEORGE MICHAEL

  911. Careless Whisper

  912. GERRY RAFFERTY

  913. Baker Street

  914. GLEN CAMPBELL

  915. Rhinestone Cowboy

  916. GOLDFINGER

  917. Superman

  918. GREEN DAY

  919. Minority

  920. GREG LAKE

  921. I Believe In Father Christmas

  922. GRIFFIN HOUSE

  923. The Guy That Says Goodbye To You Is Out Of His Mind

  924. GROOVE ARMADA

  925. At the River

  926. GUIDED BY VOICES

  927. Back to the Lake
  928. The Best of Jill Hives
  929. Bulldog Skin
  930. Don't Stop Now
  931. Exit Flagger
  932. Glad Girls
  933. Motor Away
  934. The Official Ironmen Rally Song
  935. Teenage FBI

  936. GUNS 'N' ROSES

  937. November Rain

  938. HANSON

  939. Smile

  940. HEART

  941. Alone

  942. HEM

  943. Not California

  944. HOT CHOCOLATE

  945. I'll Put You Together Again

  946. HOUSEMARTINS

  947. Happy Hour

  948. HUMAN LEAGUE

  949. Don't You Want Me
  950. Together In Electric Dreams

  951. HUMATE

  952. Love Simulation
  953. Love Simulation (Paul Van Dyk mix)

  954. HYBRID

  955. Finished Symphony

  956. I MONSTER

  957. Daydream In Blue

  958. I'M FROM BARCELONA

  959. The Painter

  960. ISRAEL KAMAKIWIWO'OLE

  961. Over the Rainbow

  962. JACK JOHNSON

  963. Fortunate Fool

  964. JAM

  965. Going Underground

  966. JAMES

  967. Sit Down

  968. JAMES BLUNT

  969. High

  970. JAMIE CULLUM

  971. Everlasting Love

  972. JARS OF CLAY

  973. Dead Man (Carry Me)

  974. JASON DOWNS ft. MILK

  975. White Boy with a Feather

  976. JEFF BUCKLEY

  977. Corpus Christi Carol
  978. Last Goodbye
  979. So Real

  980. JEFFERSON AIRPLANE

  981. Embryonic Journey

  982. JEREMY KAY

  983. Have It All

  984. JIGSAW

  985. Sky High

  986. JOE FAGIN

  987. That's Livin' Alright

  988. JOE GRUSHECKY

  989. A Good Life
  990. Billy's Waltz
  991. Chain Smokin'
  992. Coming Down Maria
  993. Dark and Bloody Ground
  994. Homestead
  995. Labour of Love
  996. Never Be Enough Time
  997. Only Lovers Left Alive

  998. JOHN LENNON

  999. Imagine
  1000. Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
  1001. (Just Like) Starting Over
  1002. Woman

  1003. JOHN TRAVOLTA & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

  1004. Summer Nights
  1005. We Go Together

  1006. JOHN WILLIAMS

  1007. Carol of the Bells

  1008. JOHNNY CASH

  1009. I Hung My Head

  1010. JONA LEWIE

  1011. Stop the Cavalry

  1012. JOSE FELICIANO

  1013. Feliz Navidad

  1014. JOSH ROUSE

  1015. It Looks Like Love

  1016. JOSHUA RADIN

  1017. Winter

  1018. JOURNEY

  1019. Any Way You Want It
  1020. Remember Me

  1021. JOY DIVISION

  1022. Love Will Tear Us Apart

  1023. JULEE CRUISE

  1024. Falling

  1025. JULIAN LENNON

  1026. Saltwater

  1027. KANYE WEST

  1028. All of the Lights
  1029. Power
  1030. Runaway

  1031. KATE BUSH

  1032. Wuthering Heights

  1033. KEANE

  1034. Better Than This
  1035. Can't Stop Now
  1036. The Lovers Are Losing
  1037. Nothing In My Way
  1038. Perfect Symmetry
  1039. Somewhere Only We Know
  1040. Spiralling
  1041. Stop for a Minute
  1042. This Is The Last Time

  1043. KILLERS

  1044. Mr. Brightside
  1045. Spaceman
  1046. This River Is Wild
  1047. When You Were Young

  1048. KIMYA DAWSON

  1049. Loose Lips
  1050. So Nice So Smart
  1051. Tire Swing

  1052. KINKS

  1053. A Well Respected Man
  1054. Days
  1055. Waterloo Sunset
  1056. You Really Got Me

  1057. KIRSTY MACCOLL

  1058. Sun On The Water

  1059. KRAFTWERK

  1060. The Model

  1061. KT TUNSTALL

  1062. Suddenly I See

  1063. KULA SHAKER

  1064. Hush

  1065. LADY GAGA

  1066. Bad Romance
  1067. Hair
  1068. Just Dance
  1069. Paparazzi
  1070. Poker Face

  1071. LANGLEY SCHOOLS MUSIC PROJECT

  1072. You're So Good To Me

  1073. LA'S

  1074. There She Goes

  1075. LAZLO BANE

  1076. Superman

  1077. LEIGH NASH

  1078. Angel Tonight

  1079. LESS THAN JAKE

  1080. The Rest of My Life

  1081. LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY

  1082. High

  1083. LINDSAY BUCKINGHAM

  1084. Holiday Road

  1085. LOLLY

  1086. Per Sempre Amore (Forever In Love)

  1087. LOS CAMPESINOS!

  1088. Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats
  1089. Death to Los Campesinos!
  1090. Don't Tell Me To Do The Math(s)
  1091. My Year In Lists
  1092. Straight In At 101

  1093. LOU REED

  1094. Perfect Day

  1095. M. WARD

  1096. Epistemology

  1097. MAC DAVIS

  1098. Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me

  1099. MADNESS

  1100. Lovestruck

  1101. MADONNA

  1102. Material Girl

  1103. THE MAGIC KIDS

  1104. Phone
  1105. Super Ball

  1106. THE MAGIC NUMBERS

  1107. A Start With No Ending
  1108. Forever Lost

  1109. THE MAGNETIC FIELDS

  1110. A Pretty Girl Is Like..
  1111. Busby Berkeley Dreams
  1112. Come Back from San Francisco
  1113. I Don't Believe You
  1114. I Don't Really Love You Anymore
  1115. I Looked All Over Town
  1116. I Think I Need A New Heart
  1117. If There's Such A Thing As Love
  1118. If You Don't Cry
  1119. It's A Crime
  1120. Kiss Me Like You Mean It
  1121. Nothing Matters When We're Dancing
  1122. The Nun's Litany
  1123. The One You Really Love
  1124. Papa was a Rodeo
  1125. Promises of Eternity
  1126. Seduced and Abandoned
  1127. The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing
  1128. Sweet-Lovin' Man
  1129. Washington DC
  1130. When My Boy Walks Down The Street
  1131. Yeah! Oh, Yeah!

  1132. MAMAS & PAPAS

  1133. California Dreamin'
  1134. It's Getting Better [Mama Cass]

  1135. MANFRED MANN

  1136. The Mighty Quinn

  1137. MANIC STREET PREACHERS

  1138. A Design For Life
  1139. If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
  1140. Tsunami

  1141. MARAH

  1142. Christmas With the Snow
  1143. New York Is A Christmas Kind of Town

  1144. MARC COHN

  1145. Walking in Memphis

  1146. MARILLION

  1147. Kayleigh

  1148. MARVIN GAYE

  1149. I Heard It Through The Grapevine

  1150. MASON WILLIAMS

  1151. Classical Gas

  1152. MATT WERTZ

  1153. The Way I Feel

  1154. MEAT LOAF

  1155. Bad For Good
  1156. Cry Over Me
  1157. If God Could Talk
  1158. I Would Do Anything For Love
  1159. Prize Fight Lover
  1160. Read 'Em and Weep
  1161. You Took The Words

  1162. MELANIE THORNTON

  1163. Wonderful Dream

  1164. MELISSA MCCLELLAND

  1165. Iroquois St. Factory

  1166. MEME

  1167. Look Into My Eyes

  1168. MICHAEL JACKSON

  1169. Beat It
  1170. Billie Jean
  1171. Dirty Diana
  1172. Human Nature
  1173. Man in the Mirror
  1174. Smooth Criminal

  1175. MIKA

  1176. Grace Kelly

  1177. MIKE CURB CONGREGATION

  1178. Burning Bridges

  1179. MIKE MILLS & SALLY ELLYSON

  1180. Jesus Christ

  1181. MIKE OLDFIELD

  1182. In Dulce Jubilo
  1183. Moonlight Shadow

  1184. MOCK TURTLES

  1185. Can You Dig It?

  1186. MODEST MOUSE

  1187. Float On

  1188. MOLDY PEACHES

  1189. Anyone Else But You

  1190. MONKEES

  1191. Daydream Believer

  1192. MORRISSEY

  1193. All You Need Is Me
  1194. Alma Matters
  1195. I'm OK By Myself
  1196. Irish Blood, English Heart
  1197. One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
  1198. You Have Killed Me

  1199. MOTT THE HOOPLE

  1200. All The Young Dudes

  1201. MUD

  1202. Lonely This Christmas

  1203. NATIONAL

  1204. Anyone's Ghost
  1205. Bloodbuzz Ohio
  1206. Fake Empire
  1207. Runaway

  1208. NEW RADICALS

  1209. You Get What You Give

  1210. NEIL YOUNG

  1211. My My, Hey Hey / Hey Hey, My My (Out of the Blue/Into the Black)
  1212. Like A Hurricane
  1213. Sail Away
  1214. Thrasher

  1215. NIL LARA

  1216. Fighting for My Love

  1217. NILS LOFREGN

  1218. Yankee Stadium

  1219. NO DOUBT

  1220. Don't Speak
  1221. New

  1222. OASIS

  1223. Little by Little
  1224. Live Forever
  1225. Stop Crying Your Heart Out
  1226. Wonderwall

  1227. OCEAN COLOUR SCENE

  1228. The Day We Caught The Train

  1229. OF MONTREAL

  1230. Disconnect the Dots

  1231. OPM

  1232. Heaven Is A Halfpipe

  1233. ORSON

  1234. No Tomorrow

  1235. PATSY CLINE

  1236. Crazy
  1237. I Fall To Pieces

  1238. PAUL MCCARTNEY

  1239. Maybe I'm Amazed

  1240. PAUL SIMON

  1241. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes

  1242. PEARL JAM

  1243. Man of the Hour

  1244. PERRY COMO

  1245. Christmas Dream

  1246. PET SHOP BOYS

  1247. Always On My Mind [c]

  1248. PETER SARSTEDT

  1249. Where Do You Go To My Lovely?

  1250. PHIL COLLINS

  1251. A Groovy Kind of Love
  1252. Another Day in Paradise
  1253. Easy Lover
  1254. I Wish It Would Rain Down
  1255. One More Night
  1256. Something Happened On The Way To Heaven
  1257. True Colours
  1258. Two Hearts
  1259. You Can't Hurry Love

  1260. POGUES FT. KIRSTY MACCOLL

  1261. All The Tears That I Cried

  1262. POLICE

  1263. Every Breath You Take
  1264. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

  1265. POLYPHONIC SPREE

  1266. Section 7: Hanging Around The Day, pt. 2
  1267. Section 8: Soldier Girl
  1268. Section 12: Hold Me Now
  1269. Section 16: One Man Show
  1270. Section 22: Running Away
  1271. Section 24: The Fragile Army
  1272. Section 27: Mental Cabaret
  1273. Section 28: Guaranteed Nightlite
  1274. Section 30: Watch us Explode (Justify)
  1275. Life My Way
  1276. Lithium
  1277. Sonic Bloom

  1278. PRETENDERS

  1279. 2000 Miles
  1280. Angel of the Morning
  1281. Back on the Chain Gang

  1282. PRIMAL SCREAM

  1283. Movin' On Up

  1284. PRINCE

  1285. 1999

  1286. PROCLAIMERS

  1287. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
  1288. Letter From America

  1289. PROCUL HARUM

  1290. A Whiter Shade of Pale

  1291. PULP

  1292. Common People

  1293. PUSH STARS

  1294. Drunk Is Better Than Dead

  1295. QUEEN

  1296. Bohemian Rhapsody
  1297. Killer Queen
  1298. Somebody To Love
  1299. These Are The Days Of Our Lives
  1300. Under Pressure
  1301. You're My Best Friend

  1302. R.E.M.

  1303. full top 100 R.E.M. songs (approximately nos. 18 through 50 would be here)

  1304. RADIOHEAD

  1305. No Surprises

  1306. RAMONES

  1307. My Brain is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)

  1308. RAZORLIGHT

  1309. America

  1310. RECLINER

  1311. Leaving Hollywood

  1312. REEL BIG FISH

  1313. Good Thing

  1314. REMBRANDTS

  1315. I'll Be There For You

  1316. RENAUD

  1317. Manhattan-Kaboul

  1318. REPLACEMENTS

  1319. Bastards of Young

  1320. RICHARD CHEESE

  1321. Christmas in Las Vegas

  1322. RINGO STARR

  1323. Photograph

  1324. RIVO DREI

  1325. She Amazed Me

  1326. ROBBIE WILLIAMS

  1327. Come Undone
  1328. Let Love Be Your Energy
  1329. No Regrets
  1330. Strong
  1331. Supreme

  1332. ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

  1333. Science Fiction/Double Feature

  1334. ROGER WHITTAKER

  1335. Durham Town
  1336. I Don't Believe In If Anymore
  1337. New World In The Morning
  1338. Streets of London

  1339. ROLLING STONES

  1340. You Can't Always Get What You Want

  1341. RONALD REED JACKSON

  1342. Cold New Orleans Rain

  1343. RONETTES

  1344. Be My Baby

  1345. ROY ORBISON

  1346. In Dreams
  1347. Oh, Pretty Woman
  1348. Only The Lonely
  1349. Running Scared

  1350. ROY ROGERS

  1351. Don't Fence Me In

  1352. RUBETTES

  1353. Sugar Baby Love

  1354. SAM PHILLIPS

  1355. Where The Colours Don't Go

  1356. SAMBASSADEUR

  1357. The Park

  1358. SARAH GUTHRIE & ATHENS COUNTY RUFFIANS

  1359. I'm All Right

  1360. SCOOCH

  1361. The Best Is Yet To Come
  1362. More Than I Needed to Know

  1363. SHAKIN' STEVENS

  1364. Merry Christmas Everyone

  1365. SHA-NA-NA

  1366. Tears On My Pillow

  1367. SHAWN MULLINS

  1368. All In My Head

  1369. SHE AND HIM

  1370. I Thought I Saw Your Face Today
  1371. In the Sun
  1372. Sentimental Heart

  1373. SHINS

  1374. Caring is Creepy
  1375. Know Your Onion!
  1376. The Past and Pending
  1377. Phantom Limb
  1378. Saint Simon
  1379. They'll Soon Discover
  1380. Turn a Square

  1381. SHIRELLES

  1382. Will You Love Me Tomorrow

  1383. SIMON & GARFUNKEL

  1384. America
  1385. The Boxer
  1386. Bridge Over Troubled Water
  1387. Homeward Bound
  1388. I Am A Rock
  1389. Sound of Silence

  1390. SIMPLE MINDS

  1391. Don't You Forget About Me

  1392. SIMPSONS

  1393. Every Summer With You [c]
  1394. Funny How Time Slips Away [c]
  1395. Sibling Rivalry

  1396. SISTER HAZEL

  1397. Your Mistake

  1398. SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER

  1399. Kiss Me

  1400. SLADE

  1401. Cum On Feel The Noize
  1402. Far Far Away
  1403. Merry Christmas Everybody

  1404. THE SMITHS

  1405. Cemetry Gates
  1406. This Charming Man

  1407. SNOW PATROL

  1408. Chasing Cars

  1409. SOFT CELL

  1410. Tainted Love

  1411. SOLIDS

  1412. Hey Beautiful

  1413. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES

  1414. Hearts of Stone
  1415. I Played the Fool
  1416. Next to You
  1417. Take It Inside
  1418. This Time Baby's Gone For Good
  1419. This Time It's For Real
  1420. Without Love

  1421. SPANDAU BALLET

  1422. True

  1423. SQUEEZE

  1424. Up the Junction

  1425. STATUS QUO + MADDY PRYOR

  1426. All Around My Hat

  1427. STEELEYE SPAN

  1428. Gaudete

  1429. STEREOPHONICS

  1430. Pick A Part That's New

  1431. STEVE BROOKSTEIN

  1432. Against All Odds [c]

  1433. STEVE HARLEY & COCKNEY REBEL

  1434. Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)

  1435. STEVEN PAGE

  1436. Entourage
  1437. If You Love Me
  1438. Indecision
  1439. Leave Her Alone
  1440. Queen of America

  1441. STEVIE NICKS

  1442. After The Glitter Fades

  1443. STEVIE WONDER

  1444. I Just Called To Say I Love You
  1445. Lately
  1446. Superstition

  1447. STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK

  1448. Incense and Peppermints

  1449. STRAWBS

  1450. Part of the Union

  1451. STROKE 9

  1452. Washin' and Wonderin'

  1453. SUGAR RAY

  1454. Every Morning
  1455. Words to Me

  1456. SUPERGRASS

  1457. Alright

  1458. SURVIVOR

  1459. Eye of the Tiger

  1460. TAMMY WYNETTE

  1461. Divorce

  1462. TEARS FOR FEARS

  1463. Head Over Heels
  1464. Mad World

  1465. TETSUYA KOMURO

  1466. Kimono Beat

  1467. TEXAS

  1468. Summer Son

  1469. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS

  1470. full list of top They Might Be Giants tracks (approximately nos. 14 through 50 would be here)

  1471. THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN

  1472. Something In The Air

  1473. TIM MINCHIN

  1474. Context
  1475. The Fence
  1476. If You Really Loved Me
  1477. Rock 'n' Roll Nerd
  1478. Some People Have It Worse Than I

  1479. TIRED PONY

  1480. Dead American Writers

  1481. TOADSUCK SYMPHONY

  1482. Here Comes The Sun

  1483. TOM JONES

  1484. I'm Coming Home

  1485. TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS

  1486. American Girl
  1487. Christmas All Over Again
  1488. Don't Come Around Here No More
  1489. Even the Losers
  1490. I Won't Back Down
  1491. Listen To Her Heart

  1492. TOMMY TUTONE

  1493. 867-5309 (Jenny)

  1494. TONY CHRISTIE

  1495. Avenues and Alleyways
  1496. Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast
  1497. I Did What I Did For Maria
  1498. Las Vegas
  1499. Vienna Sunday

  1500. T'PAU

  1501. China In Your Hand

  1502. TRAVELLING WILBURYS

  1503. End of the Line

  1504. TRAVIS

  1505. Flowers In The Window
  1506. Side
  1507. Tied to the '90s
  1508. We Are Monkeys

  1509. U2

  1510. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
  1511. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
  1512. One
  1513. Pride (In the Name of Love)
  1514. Sweetest Thing
  1515. With or Without You

  1516. ULTRAVOX

  1517. Vienna

  1518. UNDERTONES

  1519. Teenage Kicks

  1520. UNDERWORLD

  1521. Born Slippy

  1522. VAL DOONICAN

  1523. Elsuive Butterfly
  1524. If I Knew Then What I Know Now
  1525. King of the Road [c]
  1526. Two Streets
  1527. Walk Tall
  1528. What Would I Be

  1529. VERACOCHA

  1530. Carte Blanche

  1531. VERVE

  1532. Bitter Sweet Symphony

  1533. VONDA SHEPARD

  1534. Baby Don't You Break My Heart Slow [c]
  1535. The End of the World
  1536. Hooked On A Feeling
  1537. I Know Him By Heart
  1538. Neighbourhood
  1539. Rainy Days
  1540. Read Your Mind
  1541. Searchin' My Soul
  1542. Someone You Use
  1543. This Is Crazy Now
  1544. This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) [c]
  1545. Walk Away Renee [c]
  1546. The Wildest Times of the World
  1547. You Belong To Me

  1548. WEEPIES

  1549. Gotta Have You
  1550. Happiness

  1551. WEEZER

  1552. Buddy Holly

  1553. "WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC

  1554. Amish Paradise
  1555. Christmas At Ground Zero
  1556. Couch Potato
  1557. Don't Download This Song
  1558. eBay
  1559. Everything You Know Is Wrong
  1560. Frank's 2000" TV
  1561. Hardware Store
  1562. The Night Santa Went Crazy

  1563. WHITE PLAINS

  1564. When You Are A King

  1565. WHO

  1566. Baba O'Riley
  1567. Can't Explain

  1568. WIRE

  1569. Outdoor Miner

  1570. WIZZARD

  1571. Angel Fingers
  1572. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
Martin198311/24/2006

Well, I'm enjoying it so far.

Out of interest, do you already have the 1000 written somewhere else (so it's just a matter of copying and pasting), or are you making the list up as you go along?

Not that I'm nitpicking or putting you down, but did you mean to put You're So Good To Me in the Beach Boys camp, and not the Beatles'?

Martin198311/24/2006

Also, technically, Denis by Blondie is a cover of a much older and slower song called Denise, and I believe that Sunday Girl was also a cover. They do them so well, you'd be forgiven for thinking they were originals.

flfrleta11/25/2006

Sunday Girl is a Blondie original.

My own favorite is In The Flesh.

Wezzo11/25/2006

Thanks for the tips, guys,

Martin198311/25/2006

Oh yes, sorry. It is original. I must've been thinking of the Tide is High or Hanging on the Telephone.

Wezzo11/25/2006

No, I don't have the 1000 written down, I'm just making it up as I go along. 1000 is a rough estimate - it could end up being 800 or 1200.

Yes, I did mean to put YSGTM under Beach Boys. :-)

Rushmore11/26/2006

Sibling Rivalry is one of the better ones of sings the blues album. i'll be commenting on some more here after i have a better look! wooo

Wezzo11/27/2006

Yay! I'm particulrly interested in your thoughts on my BNL picks (any glaring omissions?)

Rushmore11/28/2006

no, the only one i can think of was maybe "War On Drugs" as thats prob my personal fave from that album, along with another postcard. but think you covered the basis with that list mate.c

after reading your list, i listened to get up by REM again, after years of not hearing it, that song is immense.

Wezzo11/28/2006

Indeed!

I cannot believe I missed War on Drugs, probably my favourite BNL ballad.. consider it added!

Rushmore12/02/2006

i'd agree its one of the stronger BNL ballads indeed. i tell you what song i'm getting into, Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank mostly the live version on rock spectacle.

Fairytale of New York, nice choice. hands down THE BEST christmas song ever.

Wezzo12/08/2006

Agreed!

Rock Spectacle I don't have, it's soo expensive... is it worth the £15+ it is on Amazon marketplace?

Rushmore12/12/2006

i'd say no. cus a fgew of them old apartment, what a good boy, brian wilson and million dollars have been featured exact same live recording on their other cds (best of and stunt 2nd disc) there are some other good ones on there mostly from MYSD and Born on a Pirate Ship. though they are good recordings and have made me like the respective albums more, but for 15+, i'd pass and wait for price to go down. i got my copy for 15 quid too, but it was one of first BNL ones i got so makes it little more worth it, but if i were you i'd wait, but if you want to go for it, its a good record, only lt down by fact they re-use live recordings.

professor02/15/2007

I've got tickets to see The Fall on 5th March at a club near Birmingham. It's just a small club that will hold 700 maximum.

Wezzo02/16/2007

Oh, excellent. Hope you enjoy it.

Have you heard "Reformation! Post TLC" yet?

Martin198302/17/2007

I should mention that Only You by the Flying Pickets is a cover version (the original was by Yazoo, from the previous year. I have it if you want it).
Also the Phil Collins songs True Colors, A Groovy Kind of Love and You Can't Hurry Love were originally by Cyndi Lauper, The Mindbender and The Supremes, respectively.
Manfred Mann's The Mighty Quinn was originally by Bob Dylan, Tainted Love was originally by Marc Bolan's girlfriend Gloria Jones and I can't remember who did Rockin' All Over The World, but the Quo did cover it (though they definitely made it their own!)

I'm a nerd.

Martin198302/17/2007

And Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers and Streets of Lonodn by Whittaker are both covers too!

Wezzo02/17/2007

Heh, thanks for all of those! I'll go and correct them. You pedant, you.

Martin198302/17/2007

**Looks on in an embarrassed manner**

professor03/07/2007

Check out these:
MUSE
The Beatles
Bob Dylan

Wezzo03/12/2007

Cool stuff there, thanks!

0dysseus05/22/2007

Nice list/revision. Excellent #1...

But "...we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream."

I mention it because I think that Mr. Springsteen would argue that the runaway American Dream has been hurting most of his characters.

"When we're out in the streets and we see one car..."

Wezzo05/22/2007

Thanks very much. And you are, of course, absolutely right about the lyric.. I can't believe I'd make such a mistake. Thanks for pointing it out.

And you gotta love Born to Add!

0dysseus05/22/2007

I love Bruce Stringbean and The S. Street Band.

The whole album is pretty awesome.

Rushmore07/11/2007

man i'm going to have to get you into Arctic monkeys and Oasis it seems lol

hey, BNL worked!

Wezzo07/11/2007

:-D True!

london_calling11/08/2010

I'm glad you're updating this list. I actually discovered quite a few new artists (The Gaslight Anthem being my favorite!) the last time you updated.

Wezzo11/09/2010

Thanks man. Expect a full revision in December.

coldplayer911/10/2010

Sha-Na-Na- Those Magic Changes...

Unique choice! Not many people would have that on their top ten haha, but it's a great song. I first heard it on The Greese Soundtrack, which was one of the first CD's I ever bought. Not a bad track on there!

Wezzo11/12/2010

haha, I certainly agree. Thanks muchly!

Jeandré11/20/2010

Runaway Train started playing about 5 seconds before I read it on your list - trippy.

When you update this, please add years released to the non-alphabetical bit - I'd love to add this to The listies: songs.

Wezzo11/20/2010

Ahh, brilliant list you've got there - yes, I'd be more than happy to do that come next update. I'll let you know when I do. :)

Jeandré03/11/2011

Thanks - added to The listies: songs.

Some sources for years:
Val Doonican - King Of The Road (1969)
Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World (1970)

WriterWill3703/04/2011

Major props for the placement of #29!

Happymeal03/05/2011

I am glad Modest Mouse is on the list, but they have way better songs than Float on. I would have personally put more Modest Mouse songs on the list being they are my favorite.